UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar will be among the favourites for the Tour de France. (AFP pic)
PARIS: The 2026 Tour de France from July 4-26 will feature 21 stages covering 3,321km, starting in Barcelona, Spain, and finishing in Paris:
Below is the routes the tour will take and the last 20 winners of the race.
Route:
Stage 1 (July 4)
Barcelona – Barcelona 19.6km (TTT)
Stage 2 (July 5)
Tarragona – Barcelona 168.5km
Stage 3 (July 6)
Granollers – Les Angles 195.9km
Stage 4 (July 7)
Carcassonne – Foix 181.9km
Stage 5 (July 8)
Lannemezan – Pau 158.3km
Stage 6 (July 9)
Pau – Gavarnie-Gedre 186.2km
Stage 7 (July 10)
Hagetmau – Bordeaux 175.1km
Stage 8 (July 11)
Perigueux – Bergerac 180.4km
Stage 9 (July 12)
Malemort – Ussel 185.5km
Rest Day (July 13)
Cantal
Stage 10 (July 14)
Aurillac – Le Lioran 166.6km
Stage 11 (July 15)
Vichy – Nevers 161.3km
Stage 12 (July 16)
Nevers Magny-Cours Circuit – Chalon-sur-Saone 179.1km
Stage 13 (July 17)
Dole – Belfort 205.8km
Stage 14 (July 18)
Mulhouse – Le Markstein 155.3km
Stage 15 (July 19)
Champagnole – Plateau de Solaison 183.9km
Rest Day (July 20)
Haute Savoie
Stage 16 (July 21)
Evian-les-Bains – Thonon-les-Bains 26.1km (ITT)
Stage 17 (July 22)
Chambery – Voiron 174.7km
Stage 18 (July 23)
Voiron – Orcieres-Merlette 185.2km
Stage 19 (July 24)
Gap – Alpe d’Huez 127.9km
Stage 20 (July 25)
Le Bourg d’Oisans – Alpe d’Huez 170.9km
Stage 21 (July 26)
Thoiry – Paris Champs-Elysees 133km
Recent Tour de France winners
A list of the last 20 winners of the Tour de France and the most successful champions:
2025: Tadej Pogacar (SLO)
2024: Tadej Pogacar (SLO)
2023: Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)
2022: Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)
2021: Tadej Pogacar (SLO)
2020: Tadej Pogacar (SLO)
2019: Egan Bernal (COL)
2018: Geraint Thomas (GBR)
2017: Chris Froome (GBR)
2016: Chris Froome (GBR)
2015: Chris Froome (GBR)
2014: Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
2013: Chris Froome (GBR)
2012: Bradley Wiggins (GBR)
2011: Cadel Evans (AUS)
2010: Andy Schleck (LUX)
2009: Alberto Contador (ESP)
2008: Carlos Sastre (ESP)
2007: Alberto Contador (ESP)
2006: Oscar Pereiro (ESP)
Most wins:
5 – Jacques Anquetil (FRA), Eddy Merckx (BEL), Bernard Hinault (FRA), Miguel Indurain (ESP)
4 – Chris Froome (GBR), Tadej Pogacar (SLO)
3 – Philippe Thys (BEL), Louison Bobet (FRA), Greg Lemond (USA)

